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World Heaves as 1997 XF11 Asteroid Sparks Doomsday Fears
Astronomers warned a mile wide asteroid could pass 30 000 miles from Earth and unleash energy equal to millions of Hiroshima bombs. By Thursday 2028 NASA calculations lowered impact risk to zero though a Halloween 2002 approach offered a test of orbital paths. The scare spurred public interest in films like Deep Impact and Armageddon while experts urged calm.
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EW York
Hollywood
International Astronomical Union
Brian G. Marsden
Central Bureau For Astronomical Telegrams
Cambridge
Mass
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Donald K. Yeomans
JPL
Yeomans
Siberia
Canada
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Steven Speilberg
Earth
Bruce Willis